Carton with tamper evident prize information feature

• US 8,820,617 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2010
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LBP Manufacturing LLC (Sabert Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LBP Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: Silverstein, Barry L., Cook, Matthew R., Mikos, Lauren, Morales, Ivette, Hubbard, James A. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elkins, Gary
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
• Application Number:
  US12/728,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20100243719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,625 Days
• Field of Search: 229/102, 229/200, 229/902, 229/906, 229/175, 229/919, 493/53, 206/831
• US Class Current: 229/102
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2401/10 Tearable part of the container B65D2401/60 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2401/25 Non-metallic tear-off strips
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4229 in the form of a detachable panel
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/667 Lids in the form of an inverted tray

Abstract

A carton including a top and bottom portion adapted to secure an item within the top and bottom portion in a closed configuration. The carton also includes an information tab defined in a first surface of the top portion. The information tab is defined via series of perforated edges. An information tab cover on the carton is defined by a series of perforated edges that enable at least partial separation of the information tab from the carton. When the carton is in an unassembled configuration, a surface of the information tab is exposed to enable placement of information on the information tab. When the carton is in an assembled configuration the information tab cover covers the surface of the information tab so that the information placed on the information tab is not visible.

Claims

1. A carton comprising:

a top portion and a bottom portion configured to secure an item within the top and the bottom portion when the carton is in a closed configuration;

a first surface that includes a first portion that defines a removable information tab and a second portion; and

a second surface that includes a first portion that defines a removable information tab cover and a second portion that is configured to be adhered to the second portion of the first surface to secure the first surface to the second surface, wherein the first and second surfaces remain secured to one another when either or both of the information tab and the information tab cover are removed,

wherein the first surface and the second surface are provided on at least one of the top portion and the bottom portion of the carton,

wherein in an unassembled configuration of the carton, a surface of the information tab is exposed to enable placement of information on the information tab, and wherein in an assembled configuration of the carton the information tab cover covers the surface of the information tab so that the information placed on the information tab is not visible,

wherein the carton is assembled from a single planar carton form being a single sheet of material that includes the first surface and the second surface,

wherein the carton form has a first planar region, which when the carton form is assembled into a carton becomes a front surface of the carton,

wherein the carton form has a second planar region that forms a side surface of the carton,

wherein the carton form has a third planar region directly connected to the second planar region via a crease, and

wherein the first surface that defines the information tab is formed in the third planar region, and wherein said second surface defining the information tab cover is formed in said first planar region.

2. The carton according to claim 1, wherein the information tab is configured to be removable from the first surface.

3. The carton according to claim 1, wherein the information tab cover defines a recess configured to be engaged by a finger of a user to enable removal of the information tab by the user.

4. The carton according to claim 1, wherein the carton is made of corrugated paper material.

5. The carton according to claim 1, wherein the information tab cover covers the surface the information tab, which is connected to the second planar region via a crease by the third planar region being folded along a crease between the third planar region and the second planar region such that the third planar region is folded behind the first planar region.

6. The carton according to claim 1, further comprising a first group of perforated edges disposed on the first surface that define the information tab.

7. The carton according to claim 1, further comprising a second group of perforated edges disposed on the second surface that define the information tab cover.

8. The carton according to claim 1, further comprising a single sheet of material that includes the first surface and the second surface.